ALL meanings of dead-end
dead-end
D d - adjective dead-end terminating in a dead end: a dead-end street. 1
- adjective dead-end Also, dead-ended. having no possibility for or hope of progress, advancement, etc.: a low-level, dead-end job. 1
- adjective dead-end leading a life in the slums: growing up as a tough dead-end kid. 1
- verb without object dead-end to come to a dead end: The road dead-ends at the lake. 1
- noun dead-end something, as a street or water pipe, that has no exit. 1
- noun dead-end a position that offers no hope of progress; blind alley; cul-de-sac: His theory led him to a dead end. 1
- noun dead-end The end of a road, (or by extension), the end of any event. 0
- verb dead-end (US) To come to a dead-end. 0
- adjective dead-end Going nowhere; blocked. 0